Monday, August 11, 2025

CD Review: Joe Morris/Elliot Sharp, Wolf Eyes x Anthony Braxton

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  Two new releases from ESP-Disk' present two different kinds of collaborations. One is a first-time meeting of minds, the second a foll...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

How I Saw Ozzy, Almost Got Mugged and Wound Up in Homewood With My Dad

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For years, I lied about the first "real" rock concert that I attended. I told everyone it was the Pretenders in the fall of 1981 a...
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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Salute to My Mother

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I don't know if I've ever gone this long without doing a blog post. This is the kind of gap that makes you think, "Looks like t...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Saluting David Thomas By Thinking About How Pere Ubu Shook My World

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During my high school days of the early '80s, I attempted to get caught up on as much as "important" music as I could: Trout M...
Monday, April 14, 2025

The Public Image of Record Store Day

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Record Store Day edition of Public Image Ltd's "First Issue" on my kitchen table I've opined about Record Store Day many t...
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Friday, April 04, 2025

Magnetic Fields Brings The Book of Love Back to the Stage

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This may be a given to all people that are in the know, but it's worth putting on record: Stephin Merritt, in addition to being a songwr...
Thursday, April 03, 2025

Ida Still Knows About Me, Tsunami Still Mows You Down

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Last Friday, March 28, I traveled to Philadelphia, via King of Prussia (where my brother lives) to see Ida and Tsunami, who were in the mids...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Trying to Catch Up/ Loving the Embarrassment

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Here it is, the final days of February and the first blog post in over a month. Usually, January finds me pretty energized and prolific here...
Sunday, January 19, 2025

Winter Jazz Fest Hits Brooklyn + Seeing Old Indie Rock Friends

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On Saturday, January 11, the Winter Jazz Fest moved over a borough for the second night of multiple acts at nine different venues. The Brook...
Thursday, January 16, 2025

Journeying to Winter Jazz Fest & Thursday Night's Happenings

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I haven't been to NYC Winter Jazz Fest since 2020. In 2022, it seemed like it was going to rebound, post-pandemic. Then a surge cancelle...
Friday, December 27, 2024

The Two Albums of 2024 That Slayed Me

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This is the time of year when music scribes around the world wrack their brains to try and remember everything they listened to, and decide ...